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Halibut Cove Alaska Map

Explore Halibut Cove, Alaska, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Halibut Cove, Alaska

How to Use This Halibut Cove, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Halibut Cove, Alaska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Alaska or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Halibut Cove.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Halibut Cove
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	59.569581
Longitude	-151.223764
Population	60
Density	2.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99603
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Halibut Cove, Alaska

Halibut Cove is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 60. The population density is 2.8 people per km². Halibut Cove is located at 59.5696°N, 151.2238°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99603.

Halibut Cove exists as a precarious collection of wooden pilings and boardwalks clinging to the rugged edges of Ismailof Island, where the tides of the Pacific Ocean pulse against the foundations with a rhythmic, slate-gray persistence. It lies 120.9 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 203°T), and is situated 11.8 miles east-southeast of Homer. From the docks, one looks toward the horizon where the distant Kenai Mountains catch the subarctic light, holding the cooling air in a stillness that feels ancient and absolute. The surrounding landscape remains defined by the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, a domain where the silence is broken only by the sharp cry of a raven or the distant, muffled groan of Grewingk Glacier shifting across the high country. Inland, the terrain rises toward the rugged expanse of McKeon Flats, while the cool, clear waters of China Poot Lake lie tucked into the wilderness three miles away, fed by the glacial runoff that shapes the very character of this shore.

Halibut Cove carries the weight of a history rooted in the hard, seasonal labor of the herring industry, a legacy that has gradually folded into a modern life defined by the ebb and flow of the sea. Residents navigate the labyrinthine wooden walkways that serve as the only streets, a design necessitated by a geography that refuses to be tamed by pavement or heavy machinery. Life here moves in concert with the salmon runs of Halibut Creek, where the local economy maintains a delicate balance between small-scale commercial fishing and a quiet, deliberate artistic expression. The air often smells of salt and drying cedar, a sensory anchor for those who have chosen to inhabit a place that remains perpetually exposed to the immense scale of the surrounding wilderness, far from the frantic pace of the mainland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — locality lies within
Kachemak Bay State Park (State Park) — locality lies within
Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 359° N
Experience Gallery (Gallery) — 2.0 mi, 338° N
Diana Tillion Art Gallery (Gallery) — 2.0 mi, 341° N
Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 161° S
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.7 mi, 090° E · 3.9M acres
Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.7 mi, 090° E · 1.1M acres
Seafarer's Memorial (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 288° W
Alaska Bear Viewing Tours (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 288° W
Kachemak Bay Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 336° NW
Yukon Island Dig (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 247° SW
Great Midden (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 249° W
Beluga Wetlands Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.7 mi, 299° NW
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 10.8 mi, 127° SE · 601k acres
Alaska Ultimate Safaris (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 296° NW
Homer Theater (Cinema) — 12.4 mi, 295° NW
Pratt Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 295° NW
Seldovia Village Tribe Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 242° SW
Seldovia Boardwalk (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 242° SW
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.7 mi, 090° E · 13.7M acres
Boat Launch (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 335° NW
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 57.5 mi, 306° NW · 2.5M acres
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 68.0 mi, 359° N
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 69.4 mi, 320° NW · 2.6M acres
Fort McGilvray (Historic Castle / Fort) — 70.0 mi, 065° NE
Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 71.1 mi, 036° NE · 5.4M acres
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 72.0 mi, 058° NE
Jujiro Wada Iditarod Trail Pioneer (Public Artwork) — 72.0 mi, 059° NE
Founder's Monument (Monument) — 72.1 mi, 059° NE

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